Working at Riverside Barr and Grill has not only provided Heather Brescia with employment, but with friends who have become family.

Brescia, 23, has worked at the bar since she was 15, working her way up to bartender after her freshman year of college. Since she has been there for almost eight years, many regulars have become friends she hangs out with during her nights off.

And every day is different for her, she says.

“Every day is a trip,” she says. “I like the atmosphere and the people here.”

The Riverside Barr and Grill is owned by Andy Barr and Eric Schultheis. It has a dining room inside and an outdoor heated patio area, overlooking the Delaware River, where patrons sip on their drinks near the tiki bar on nice days.

Weekly entertainment at Riverside features comedians and local musicians.

And thanks to a new ice shaving machine, Brescia is able to make any drink into a slushy.

“It’s so easy to use and it’s quick to make drinks,” she says.

The machine was used to make this week's featured drink: a Blueberry Daiquiri.